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The most difficult thing about being aware of all the things in life that make pain and suffering in this world is to not let oneself pick up a gun to remove the things that perpetuate them.
Some days it is hard to remember that those who cause pain are suffering pain, some days it is hard to find the strength to remove their suffering with a scalpel instead of using power to destroy them, some days it feels easier to make someone pay then to help someone start again.
I have been asked many times what training in martial arts has to do with Buddhism and loving/kindness. I try to explain about understanding oneself and self control but you only understand how important it is to know how to hurt someone when you are trying not to. You only understand the true root of evil when you see it in yourself. You only understand how to extinguish evil when you have extinguished it in yourself.
Some days I just want to save the world in spite of itself.
I love You.
Jules
Some days it is hard to remember that those who cause pain are suffering pain, some days it is hard to find the strength to remove their suffering with a scalpel instead of using power to destroy them, some days it feels easier to make someone pay then to help someone start again.
I have been asked many times what training in martial arts has to do with Buddhism and loving/kindness. I try to explain about understanding oneself and self control but you only understand how important it is to know how to hurt someone when you are trying not to. You only understand the true root of evil when you see it in yourself. You only understand how to extinguish evil when you have extinguished it in yourself.
Some days I just want to save the world in spite of itself.
I love You.
Jules